1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season was the 56th season of play of the club. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the first time in five seasons, and the 13th time in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks in the final.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Stanley Cup finals
Like the 1955 finals, every game was won by the home team. Gump Worsley made his first finals appearance after 12 years in the league and recorded two shutouts, including the one in game seven. Jean Beliveau was the inaugural winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring eight goals and eight assists in thirteen games.
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 17 | Chicago | 2 | Montreal | 3 | |
| April 20 | Chicago | 0 | Montreal | 2 | |
| April 22 | Montreal | 1 | Chicago | 3 | |
| April 25 | Montreal | 1 | Chicago | 5 | |
| April 27 | Chicago | 0 | Montreal | 6 | |
| April 29 | Montreal | 1 | Chicago | 2 | |
| May 1 | Chicago | 0 | Montreal | 4 | |
Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to three.
Jean Beliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy.Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 70 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| C | 70 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 53 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| RW | 66 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| LW | 69 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 156 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 58 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 63 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| RW | 68 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 67 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 67 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D | 68 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 55 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 40 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 26 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 68 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D/RW | 70 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 62 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3180 | 53 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 135 | 2.55 | 3 |
| 1020 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 2.94 | 1 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 185 | 2.64 | 4 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 34 | | | |
| RW | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | | | |
| C | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | | | |
| D | 13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | | | |
| LW | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | | | |
| RW | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | | | |
| C | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | | | |
| D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | | | |
| RW | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | | | |
| LW | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | | | |
| D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | | | |
| C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| RW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | | | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | |
| D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | | | |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | | | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | |
| D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | | | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| D/RW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | | | |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 501 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1.68 | 2 |
| 300 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Team: | 801 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 1.80 | 3 |
Awards and records
- Jean Beliveau, inaugural winner, Conn Smythe Trophy.
Transactions
Draft picks
| Round | Overall | Player |
| 1 | 6 | Claude Chagnon |
| 2 | 12 | Guy Allen |
| 3 | 18 | Paul Reid |
| 4 | 24 | Michel Jacques |
